How to get list of commits related to changes in specific directory?

Question

Is it possible to get list of commits only related to changes in specific directory? i.e. my git repo have lost of folders and I need commits that made changes only in specific subfolder.

Answer 1

You can pass a file or directory as a parameter to git log to make it list only commits relevant to it:

$ git log -- some_directory

This can of course be combined with any other flags or options you normally pass to git log. E.g.:

$ git log --author=mureinik -p -- some_directory